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four individuals who have a depth of experience in these matters that, i think, is unrivaled in the city. i'll introduce them briefly so they can turn it over to the discussion. i'll lead off with no particular order, james walden speaking first, working in the house of representatives and the senate, serving as the senate hearing committee. he's an adjunct professor in the department of politics in the congressional and presidential studies program at catholic university. he's gotmuy a degree with the university of scot lat, and a ph.d., and authored numerous publications. second speaker is norm, really doesn't need and introduction, writes for with the roll call," and he's an analyst at cbs news, author of several books which they may have read, "the broken branch: how the congress is failing america," "it's worse than it looks how the american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism." he's been quotedded probably too many times for any data base to collect in one place. in the 1990s, there was an article i was in somewhere quoted, and you were quoted, and yo
four individuals who have a depth of experience in these matters that, i think, is unrivaled in the city. i'll introduce them briefly so they can turn it over to the discussion. i'll lead off with no particular order, james walden speaking first, working in the house of representatives and the senate, serving as the senate hearing committee. he's an adjunct professor in the department of politics in the congressional and presidential studies program at catholic university. he's gotmuy a degree...
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navy, married my wifing ann, went to community college, went to the university of missouri, kansas city, smu for law school, and i started practicing law, and i practiced that for nine years, and i helped people build companies or buy things, finance things, and then i just decided i wanted to try to do it myself. i started a hospital company, and nine years later, we had 3433 hospitals, 285,000 employees, and it was just by doing the right thing every day, solving somebody's needs. is there an american dream left? do you have a shot anymore? can you start with struggling parents who teach you values and things like that and still build things? is the dream still alive? at the time, and still today, president obama's in the white house, and he's building a legacy of big government. at the same time, american families are worried about one thing -- if they have a job, worried about keeping it, and if they don't have a job, they are worried about getting a job, but in the last four years, what's happened? there was a focus on obamacare, and just constant spending, spending, spending. when
navy, married my wifing ann, went to community college, went to the university of missouri, kansas city, smu for law school, and i started practicing law, and i practiced that for nine years, and i helped people build companies or buy things, finance things, and then i just decided i wanted to try to do it myself. i started a hospital company, and nine years later, we had 3433 hospitals, 285,000 employees, and it was just by doing the right thing every day, solving somebody's needs. is there an...
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that is more than an atlanticthn city. that is more than any state in the northeast of the midlanticah so we don't want to go into the gaming business it isn't true. we are in the gaming business.w weno are not doing it well, we t not doing as well as we shouldng be doing it, but we are in the y gaming business. we are also surrounded by sate. casinos on a virtually every border of the state. massachusetts justso legalized ga casinos. so not only do we have gaming within the state, we all also surrounded by gaming. and for us this is not about chips and cards.casi this is about the jobs the casino industry generates. we estimate $1 billion ofe of nk weonomic activity for the state gamiew york if we recognize the reality and regulate and capitalize on gaming the way weo should.gh let's amend the constitution, let's do gaming white, let's make it safe and protect ourk people but let's get the jobs back in new york and take the first step this year. [applause]work. we have a great opportunity to, rebuild new york. safe.ed job
that is more than an atlanticthn city. that is more than any state in the northeast of the midlanticah so we don't want to go into the gaming business it isn't true. we are in the gaming business.w weno are not doing it well, we t not doing as well as we shouldng be doing it, but we are in the y gaming business. we are also surrounded by sate. casinos on a virtually every border of the state. massachusetts justso legalized ga casinos. so not only do we have gaming within the state, we all also...
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this 90 minute event was held last month in the next city. -- in new york city. >> good evening, everyone. thank you for being with us. an executive producer of the green space and we have been on an extraordinary journey over the last month. the green spaces honored the 75th anniversary of zora neale hurston's novel, "their eyes were watching god." one month from today is the three-year anniversary of the green space. our hope in mission is to take audiences on a soul stirring journey to connect, it fired and transformed. our zora has been of hope and aspirations. two visionaries have been supportive of the green space. laura walker, president and ceo of new york public radio. [applause] thank you, laura. and marina lackland, vice president of marketing. all of the video from the festival, including tonight you can find and share on the green space.org. our celebration began on february 24th with i.t. sing america, a look at langston hughes hosted by culex our house, and a feature pianist, randy weston and scotland are a mess. one week later the green space presented the american premier
this 90 minute event was held last month in the next city. -- in new york city. >> good evening, everyone. thank you for being with us. an executive producer of the green space and we have been on an extraordinary journey over the last month. the green spaces honored the 75th anniversary of zora neale hurston's novel, "their eyes were watching god." one month from today is the three-year anniversary of the green space. our hope in mission is to take audiences on a soul stirring...
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new york city doorman, or the average new york city security guard pays. the system is upside-down. and it's not just in the helmsley building. each year the internal revenue service publishes a report detailing the taxes paid by the highest earning 400 americans. last may the i.r.s. published the most recent data on the top 400 taxpayers for the year 2008. let's look how they did in that year. they had average income of $270 million each. that's not bad. in fact, that's wonderful. that's part of what makes america great. but here's the crazy part, to quote president reagan. on average, these 400 extremely high-earning americans -- $270 million in one year -- actually paid an average federal tax rate of just 18.2%. on adjusted gross income. we've spent a fair amount of time in the senate debating whether the top income tax rate should be 35% or something else like 39.6%, as it was in the clinton boom years, but the ultra rich get around this top rate through a variety of tax gimmicks. we looked at what level of income a single filer would have to make to s
new york city doorman, or the average new york city security guard pays. the system is upside-down. and it's not just in the helmsley building. each year the internal revenue service publishes a report detailing the taxes paid by the highest earning 400 americans. last may the i.r.s. published the most recent data on the top 400 taxpayers for the year 2008. let's look how they did in that year. they had average income of $270 million each. that's not bad. in fact, that's wonderful. that's part...
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economic development like i said trying to convert from an industrial city a paper make in city into an economy around innovation and technology. this november we will open up a 170 million-dollar high-performance center sponsored by m.i.t. northeastern and the university of massachusetts. that will be a catalyst for economic development in the city and a lot of folks -- one of the poorest cities in the state two hours to arcelus to their campus and the answer is we have the cheapest renewable energy of all of new england. we have marketing tools to bring companies into our -- public safety obviously my job is mayors to be the chief marketing officer and making sure we are expanding our tax base and to do that we think people downtown is a safe place to invest and spend time with your family and friends. strategies that improve the relationship between our police officers and our residents and all throughout that making sure we evoke a sense of -- the one thing that has been made his challenge to holyoke is our perception and and image so i ran a campaign based on beginning to tell t
economic development like i said trying to convert from an industrial city a paper make in city into an economy around innovation and technology. this november we will open up a 170 million-dollar high-performance center sponsored by m.i.t. northeastern and the university of massachusetts. that will be a catalyst for economic development in the city and a lot of folks -- one of the poorest cities in the state two hours to arcelus to their campus and the answer is we have the cheapest renewable...
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and came up with an audit in order to evaluate the city's policies in the city sounded very hopeful. and very interesting as a shift away from individual entitlements and potentially litigation or a focus on that kind of relatively formal idea of rice to something much more comprehensive. what i did want to suggest the and the discussion you referred to as as one moves from strict advocacy and into the more policy consulting type role, there is a sense in which the person is becoming kind of a magic of government, and here i want to suggest the sharp line between government and nongovernmental organizations are between advocates of the state begins to become blurred. this is another way in which nongovernmental organizations are players in policy when they're actually exercising political power. and that is a good thing. but it is a shift away from the typical high school civics idea of the way government works. now, when one adopts that rule, yes, perhaps there's a greater responsibility to think about the range of consequences. someone needs to do it. i understand typically this is
and came up with an audit in order to evaluate the city's policies in the city sounded very hopeful. and very interesting as a shift away from individual entitlements and potentially litigation or a focus on that kind of relatively formal idea of rice to something much more comprehensive. what i did want to suggest the and the discussion you referred to as as one moves from strict advocacy and into the more policy consulting type role, there is a sense in which the person is becoming kind of a...
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it's an emerge southern city. it's city that is trying to change the economic dna. trying to get away from . >> from realest state and tourism to a more technology-value add economy. i look at recession and i've only been the mayor for last year and a half. for me coming out of the recession and repositioning tampa to change the dna to make it a place where we can attract the best and brightest and keep the best. is my mission. i have a 6-year-old and 11-year-old just like mayor foxx. both girls. if i want to them to come home some day and not go to austin texas or san diego or some the other technology centers. i have to create an environment that allows them to come home. i have to get in the game. i'm passionate about this. >> now picture for us, the hall -- the media will be in the convention center what's nearby. tell us what it's like to be there as delegate. >> you will be on the water. convention center an the tampa bay times forum is on the river front. the two major hotels that will host dell -- dell dell gracious. you have 7,000 residence live as well as
it's an emerge southern city. it's city that is trying to change the economic dna. trying to get away from . >> from realest state and tourism to a more technology-value add economy. i look at recession and i've only been the mayor for last year and a half. for me coming out of the recession and repositioning tampa to change the dna to make it a place where we can attract the best and brightest and keep the best. is my mission. i have a 6-year-old and 11-year-old just like mayor foxx....
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prepared to mark the bombing of the city in 1945. >> you know, everybody has their own view what happened, and i, i don't, i don't want to argue survival with anyone in japan about the history. i think we're past that. my whole purpose for being here is to listen, to honor the dead, to listen to the living and to see -- to do what i can to see this doesn't happen again. >> clifton truman daniel will join us sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> now, a discussion of how the military and national security might be affected by spending cuts scheduled to take effect the first of the year. part of the so-called fiscal cliff. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, was joined by the chairmen of the senate house armed services committee. this is a little less than an hour. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming. my name is. peter:rerson -- peterson. i want to give you, first, a review of our foundation and why we are supporting the project you're going to hear about today. starting about 30 years ago after studying the profound demographic trends and the vast and un
prepared to mark the bombing of the city in 1945. >> you know, everybody has their own view what happened, and i, i don't, i don't want to argue survival with anyone in japan about the history. i think we're past that. my whole purpose for being here is to listen, to honor the dead, to listen to the living and to see -- to do what i can to see this doesn't happen again. >> clifton truman daniel will join us sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> now, a discussion of how the...
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whether it was out in the city, in my little hutch, my men would ask me, sir, what bible -- what book is that? oh, it's the bible. i was able to pray behind my stryker just taking it in. it was awesome to see the positive impocket in that i was able to make. but in 2000 my life -- 2005 my life was forever changed. i was actually first a little ticked off because we had the same information as the day before and, unfortunately, i looked up at the date on the top of the page, and it said, no, april 6th. as i was -- my platoon and i were heading out the gate, i was joking with one of my squad leaders. you know, it's funny, i'll have been married to my wife a year and a half after this deployment, and i'll only be with her five months. i don't know, it was just something funny that i said. after getting a description over the radio on a possible location of the suicide car bomb, it may have been spotted, we headed north into the city. going over some rough terrain in sketchy places of town, talked with my company commander, an amazing man. and he told me, hey, go search up in this area. t
whether it was out in the city, in my little hutch, my men would ask me, sir, what bible -- what book is that? oh, it's the bible. i was able to pray behind my stryker just taking it in. it was awesome to see the positive impocket in that i was able to make. but in 2000 my life -- 2005 my life was forever changed. i was actually first a little ticked off because we had the same information as the day before and, unfortunately, i looked up at the date on the top of the page, and it said, no,...
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i studied at hunter city college in new york for a master's degree in counseling. a masters degree, at that time, acquired only 30 credits -- graduate credits. i was in the last class that certified the 30 credits and afterwards it became 38 and now i believe it is 60. my training, i thought, was quite good. we had very experienced and talented professors. the objective was to put on the front lines some trained people to basically just be listening. to have the children referred to us and we have enough training to we could try to help them, or if we felt that the problem was severe enough, we could refer them. we had psychiatrists in new york available. school support teams. and i am now working in florida as is an adjunct professor at the college level. and my feeling is come, and i don't want to be too judgmental, but i think at the community college level and maybe colleges in general, i don't feel that the staff -- the counseling staff feels more or less the responsibility to really help these disturb students and they would assume the them leave or be dismis
i studied at hunter city college in new york for a master's degree in counseling. a masters degree, at that time, acquired only 30 credits -- graduate credits. i was in the last class that certified the 30 credits and afterwards it became 38 and now i believe it is 60. my training, i thought, was quite good. we had very experienced and talented professors. the objective was to put on the front lines some trained people to basically just be listening. to have the children referred to us and we...
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what was colonialism we separated cities, societies from each other, like french and british colonies in syria or british colony and each had, et al. and colony of libya, french colony in algeria and tunisia. so these are all separate from each other. the second ave. analogy was during the cold war because there were two men was progress, south of communist thomas nowadays time to have one single regional ownership and throughout the cold war, because the arab or i'm because those the soviet type of government, there is an absence of link between the leaders and the people. and we said it was a risky decision. it is always. now, some people are surprised, as a fork or academician, how we have two stake such a critical decision. usually academicians are long thinking, selecting people. that's the image of the academicians or utopia case the claim to me that my -- some of our foreign policy is utopia. if you make an assessment in each history values come you have to make courageous decision. and the leadership should show these issues. yes, turkish foreign policy took a risk last year.
what was colonialism we separated cities, societies from each other, like french and british colonies in syria or british colony and each had, et al. and colony of libya, french colony in algeria and tunisia. so these are all separate from each other. the second ave. analogy was during the cold war because there were two men was progress, south of communist thomas nowadays time to have one single regional ownership and throughout the cold war, because the arab or i'm because those the soviet...
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after a brief time there, we traveled through an area of odessa, a very gritty part of the city through an area down to the black sea, where the senator was shown monitoring equipment that was placed on ships that would pull in ships coming into the harbor, monitoring and look forward highly enriched uranium. that night we went back to the hotel, had dinner with the senator, in which we talked about everything from what he had seen earlier in the day to the united methodist conference of the united methodist church in indiana. it was a wide-ranging discussion. that night, john and i ended up in the london sky bar. it wasn't quite something out of star wars, but i think the motorcade and all the sirens that have brought us into town, piqued the interest of the intelligence community that is centered in odessa. in ukraine, it they are only one of seven of eight nations that border the black sea. as we sat in the bar, every time i looked up at him at the smoky figure on the other side of the bar, he seemed to be looking at me. then there was a group of people at a table, and they started u
after a brief time there, we traveled through an area of odessa, a very gritty part of the city through an area down to the black sea, where the senator was shown monitoring equipment that was placed on ships that would pull in ships coming into the harbor, monitoring and look forward highly enriched uranium. that night we went back to the hotel, had dinner with the senator, in which we talked about everything from what he had seen earlier in the day to the united methodist conference of the...
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next is jerry from palm city, florida. james in lima, ohio. >> all of these ron paul supporters calling in, do they have any idea that his -- him and his son, 60% of their patients were on medicare, like most doctors. their idea is to either privatize medicare or eliminate it, hopefully. they have not said one word about whether the payroll tax is a good idea. whether it is a better idea to give millionaires and billionaires their $100,000 per year tax cut. i just wonder how the ron paul they think the government is terrible. all government, and romney has 14%. rick perry and gingrich, 14% and 13%. so there's an element of fragmentation. >> i'm wondering -- no way to figure this out -- in the register poll that came out, they asked people do you consider yourself a fundamental list born again christian and 41% said yes, likely caucus goers. the difference is almost 20% -- 24% difference between 58% and 34%. so, i'm just trying to figure out why all of a sudden the number seems to go back up. >> could have had a lot of peop
next is jerry from palm city, florida. james in lima, ohio. >> all of these ron paul supporters calling in, do they have any idea that his -- him and his son, 60% of their patients were on medicare, like most doctors. their idea is to either privatize medicare or eliminate it, hopefully. they have not said one word about whether the payroll tax is a good idea. whether it is a better idea to give millionaires and billionaires their $100,000 per year tax cut. i just wonder how the ron paul...
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in the city connected by the secretary of defense for html, dod has suggested elimination. i want to say it again. elimination of the dns be an moving to oversight of defense facilities that the nuclear regulatory commission. the u.s. the report states that if, excessive and unproductive project oversight from a variety of sources within and outside of the week is putting project success at risk and increasing project costs, recommendation request congressional action to transition nuclear safety oversight from a two-year period from msp to the nrc. we thought that went too far so instead we are streamlining even know it is clear that by having an effect on it, we are going to go write a part of what they said, which is making it more of cost. we oppose the amendment. >> the gemini kneels back. the chair now recognizes a gentlelady from ohio, ms. sutton five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i support this amendment. a nuclear incident represents a threat to public and worker safety, jeopardizes availability of defense nuclear facilities to meet national security needs a
in the city connected by the secretary of defense for html, dod has suggested elimination. i want to say it again. elimination of the dns be an moving to oversight of defense facilities that the nuclear regulatory commission. the u.s. the report states that if, excessive and unproductive project oversight from a variety of sources within and outside of the week is putting project success at risk and increasing project costs, recommendation request congressional action to transition nuclear...